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POWDER CHARGER. No. 328,346. Patented Oct. 13 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

HENRY CLAY SEVERANOE, OF PHELPS, NEXV YORK.

POWDER- CHARGER.

SPECIFICATION fozming part of Letters Patent No.328,346, dated October 13, 1885.

Application filed March 17, ISQS. Serial No. 159,226. (No model) Be it known that I, HENRY CLAY SEVER- ANoE, a citizen ot'the United States ott'America, residing at Phelps, in the county ot'Ontario and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Implements for Loading Shot-Gun Shells, of which the following is aspcci tieation, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has for its object the provision of means or a contrivamze specially designed to charge cartridge-shells with powder and shot in the rerniired propmtions in the nianntaetnre ot' enrlrid cg-es lor tire-arms, and the invention consists of a tunnel or cylinder, the tubular portion of which is provided with a gage ot' eylindrie contour and titted with an adjustable disk, preferably provided with a eylindric flange or index registering with grznlnations upon the cylinder containing the gage, substantially as hereinafter more fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same. Fig. 3; is a viewin plan showing the gage removedl'rom the tubular portion of the tunnel or cylinder, the head of t' helattcr luiviug the manipulating milled knob, also shown removed a little interval from the gage.

In the embodiment otmy invention, as above outlined, I employ a tunnel or cylinder, A, having its tubular tapering portion A near its point of connection with the tapered or flared lower surface or bottom of the cylinder or funnel provided with a cylirnlric casing, (1, communicating with theinterior ot'said tubular portion of the funnel. Fitted so as to be turned in said casing is an elongated or extended cylinder, 13. Said cylinder, having one head, I), removable, as shown, is inserted therein and retained in position by means of the flanged edge of its opposite fixed head, I), the latter fitting against one edge or end of said casing, and by means of a screw, (1, projecting from the cylinder B and resting against the opposite end or edge of the cylinder The movement or extent of the turning of the cylinder B is limited by the formation of shoulders, as at d, (2, upon said latter edge or end of the cylinder, which may be produced by cutting out or removing a segment from said end or edge just equal to about halt the circumfereneeoithecylinder-casing a, which will provide for the full opening or registration of the openingf of the cylinder B, both with the opening in the upper side and the opening in ously is to allow of the unobstructed filling and emptying of the cylinder P. The head b of the extended portion of the cylinder B is provided with a roughened or milled knob- ]ike extension or projection, I), l'oreonveniencc in grasping and turning the cylinder B in filling and emptying the same. 'lhrough the other head, I), of the cylinder ll passes the unthrcaded or plain portion or shank of a screw, (1, which is provided with the disk or gage U, snTid screw having a :tixed circular shoulder or enlargement, g, fitting within an annular recess or chamber, g, of the said head, to enable it to retain a relatively-fixed position to the latter as the screw is turned in eil'eeting the movement of the disk or gage C. The outer end of the shank of the screw G is provided with a milled or roughened head or knob, 71, and with a ilange a short distance inward from said head or knob, also to permit it to be readily grasped and the screws to be conveniently turned. It is obvious that by turning the screw in the required direction, which will cause the movement of the disk or gage partitioning the chamber of the cylinder B, the holding capacity of the cylinder may be varied to gage it according to whetherit be powder or shot that is to be used, (different measurement being required for these in charging cartridges, as is well n1ulerstood,) the size ot the charge requiring, of course, the varying of the quantity of both the powder and the shot.

For readily determining the point of adjustment to which it may be required to set the gage or disk 0 in gaging the quantity of powder or shot wanted, I mark the cylinder B with a scale or graduation for the measurement of powder upon one side of the openingf, as at f, and with a different scale or graduation for the same of the shot upon the opposite side of said opening, as clearly shown at f and I provide the disk or gage U with a segmental flange or projection, 0 which iits and moves in the said opening], along the edges of the latter and opposite the said graduations, thus serving as an index tor the disk or gage.

the lower side of the said casing, which obvi- Within the extreme lower portion or bottom of the cylinder I at its opening, is secured a :line haired or bristled brush or cleaner, z'0r this may be of othersuitable n1aterialto rcmove all the shot or powder, to prevent it from catching between the edges of the two cylinders and. stopping the charge.

\Vith the funnel filled with powder orshot, as the case may be, it will be seen that the same, when the cylinder i is so turned as to present its opening upward, will flow into said cylinder and Jill it, and that by turning the cylinder to the right its contents will be emptied into the lower part of the tubular portion or leg of the funnel, whence the same will be caused to enter and chargethe cartridgeshell, which operation is repeated twice in iilling or charging each cartridge-shell.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The funnel with its tubular portion provided with a semi-revolving or turning cylinder having an opening in one side, and a disk or gage adjustable upon ascrew with its shank 1')ro 'ecting through one head or end of the cylinder and having an operating-knob, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The funnel with its tubular portion provided with an open-sided cylinder, the open side of said cylinder having graduatious ai= ranged upon opposite sides of the opening, in combination with the disk or gage having a segmental flange or index fitted in said opening and the gage or disk adjustingscrewhaving a manipulating knob or projection, substantially" as and lb]: the purpose set forth.

3. The funnel with its tubular portion provided with a semi-revolving or turning cylinder, whose axis of revolution ext-ends across such tubular portion, and having an opening in one side, a disk or gage adjustable upon a screw within the cylinder, and a brush or cleaner located at the opening in said tubular portion into the measuringcylinder, substantially as shown, and for the pnr1. ose specified.

4. The funnel with its tubular portion provided with a brush or cleaner located at the opening of said tubular portion into the cylinder, in combination with the open-sided cylinder, whose axis of revolution extends across such tubular portion, and the adjustable disk or gage secured therein,suhstanti ally as shown, and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY CLAY b'l lVlfiltANUE. W'itnesses:

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